Main Issues
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review – Israel Human Right Council UPR Working Group 29th Session, January 2018 50 Years of Forcible Transfer of Palestinians from Occupied East Jerusalem
2017-07-17 Submitting Organizations This is a joint submission by Community Action Center (Al-Quds University), Al-Haq, and the Society of St. Yves, four civil…
St. Yves Cancels a “Travel Ban” Order in the Israeli High Court Issued Against a Palestinian Student Studying Abroad
Freedom of movement is a basic universal right to every human being. Everyone has the right to leave any country including his own, and has the right to return to his country. Everybody has also the right…
St. Yves Annuls a Security Ban Order on a Palestinian Citizen Holding a Family Unification Permit
Freedom of movement is a universal right to every human being. Everyone has the right to leave any country including his own, and has the right to return to his country. Furthermore everybody has the…
Israeli Collective Punishment Measures Suffocate Jerusalem When Palestinian, everyone pays the price
Since the escalation of events in October 2015, and the wave of violence and instability witnessed especially in East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities have expanded the use of extreme punitive measures…
Conference: The Impacts of Collective Punishment Measures on Palestinian Women in Occupied East Jerusalem
Six Palestinian civil society organizations: St. Yves – Catholic Center for Human Rights, CAC- Al-Quds University, JLAC, Al-Haq, BADIL and the Civic Coalition) held a briefing session yesterday…
The Society of St. Yves Visits Hatta Village
The Society of St. Yves - Catholic Center for Human Rights, represented by Adv. Emile Mishrqi and Mr. Raed Halabi, advocacy and field officer went on a field visit to Hatta Village in the south…
UN Human Rights Council’s 37th Session: St. Yves Raises Serious Concern Over Latest Laws and Bills in Israel’s Parliament Aimed at the Forcible Transfer of Palestinians
The Society of St. Yves – Catholic Center for Human Rights participated in the 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council that took place this March in Geneva, between February 26-…
Awareness Raising Session: Protection from Israeli Policy of House Demolitions
The Society of St. Yves - Catholic Center for Human Rights, in coordination with the Deir Samet Local Council, organized an awareness raising session in Deir Samet town, in the southern of the West…
Two Awareness Raising Sessions: Protection from Israeli Policy of Land confiscation in areas (C)
The Society of St. Yves - Catholic Center for Human Rights, in cooperation with Beit Jala Municipality, held two awareness raising sessions at Beit Jala city hall, dedicated to farmers…
“Occupied Portraits” Photo Exhibition: St. Yves Day Event
In commemoration of its Patron Saint, the patron saint of lawyers, the Society of St. Yves – Catholic Center for Human Rights organized a photo exhibition entitled "Occupied Portraits",…
Area ( C ): Between home demolitions and settlements and injustice (case study)
Case study: Kherbet Shushehla Kherbet Shushehla lies to the south of Al Khader city in Bethlehem district, and houses dozens of residential homes, old wells, a mill, a cemetery dating back…
Submission to The UN HRC in its 39th Regular Session: "Israel’s Recent Codification of Racism against Palestinians and Escalation of its Annexation of the oPt Require Human Rights Council Engagement to Uphold an Effective Agenda Item 7"
Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10-28 September 2018 Agenda item 7 Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Joint written statemen submitted by Al-Haq, Law in…
St. Yves Petitions Against Administrative Security Ban
Israel imposes arbitrary closure and ban policies on Palestinians in the oPt that effectively make freedom movement the exception rather than the norm. Arbitrary profiling constitutes…
St. Yves Challenges the Amendment of the Administrative Courts Law Which Constitutes A Direct Step Towards Annexation
The Society of St. Yves - Catholic Center for Human Rights filed a preliminary petition against the Amendment of the Administrative Courts Law (amendment), which transfers the jurisdiction to rule in…
Position on the “Israeli government Annexation Policy”
The Society of St. Yves - Catholic Center for Human Right is working under the patronage of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem. Founded in 1991 by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Holy Land,…